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Covid-19 travel: Interest in NI eligibility for EU Covid certificates
By Michael Sheils McNamee
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image captionA provisional agreement within the EU aimed is expected to help open up summer travel within the bloc
Ireland is keeping an interest in possibly making Irish passport holders who live in Northern Ireland eligible for a new EU Covid certificate.
Thomas Byrne, the Republic s minister of state for European affairs, said he had spoken to the country s ambassador in Brussels about the issue.
It comes after a provisional agreement within the EU on the certificate, which is aimed at allowing free movement.
May 20th, 2021
Today marks one year since the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act came into force in England. The law means that all adults, with some exceptions, will be considered organ donors unless they choose to opt-out. As a result of this change 296 people donated 714 organs for transplantation which wouldn’t previously have been donated. This comprised nearly a third of all organ donors. The figures would have been higher still, had the Covid-19 pandemic not led to the cancellation or delay of many transplant operations.
Building on this success, a Bill to introduce opt-out donation on the Isle of Man has passed all stages in the Tynwald and is awaiting royal assent. It is hoped that it will come into force this summer. A similar law in Guernsey is also awaiting royal assent. Once both are in force, all parts of the United Kingdom and crown dependencies will operate an opt-out system – except for Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Department of Health is currently p
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Vaccine delays for Northern Ireland after AstraZeneca advice change
Northern Ireland will face vaccine rollout delays for several weeks as UK advice regarding the use of AstraZeneca jabs has changed.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that people under 40 should be offered an alternative to AstraZeneca due to a link to rare blood clots.
The Department of Health has said people aged under 40 in NI will be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.
Northern Ireland will face vaccine rollout delays for several weeks as UK advice regarding the use of AstraZeneca jabs has changed. Pic: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo